Beyond global summitry: Food sovereignty as localized resistance to globalization

Globalizations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Ayres, Jeffrey ^a   Bosia, Michael J ^a  

^a SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alter globalization; Food sovereignty; France; Global agribusiness; Localism; Microresistance; Neoliberal globalization; Vermont

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952412457     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2011.544203     Document Type: Article

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